As Enrish stated in his latest ladder article, one of the changes we
plan to implement is more ladder weekends. Ever since the match
requirements for playoffs were introduced during the Road to Apex
ladder, the brackets never met their intended quotas. My
goal is to try to restore the brackets to their former glory, give you
all more chances to play, and liven up those ladder chats by means of
two sub-changes:
1. In addition to Doubles Weekends,
there will be Singles Weekends. While not as bad as doubles, singles
brackets have been a few players short...even though it should be
fairly easy for everyone to meet the requirement of thirty matches.
(Just look at all of the players who played at least a hundred matches in the past!)
Regardless, the timespan is the same as Doubles Weekends, and shall remain
like this unless stated otherwise in a blog. Here are the days and
times (
based on Eastern Standard Time):
-Friday: 3 pm - midnight (12 am)
-Saturday: noon (12 pm) - midnight (12 am)
-Sunday: 1 pm - 10 pm
The
badges, however, are a different story. With respect to the event
itself, only one is being made for playing at least two matches on Friday,
Saturday, AND Sunday. For those badge connoisseurs out there (using the non-vulgar version of the badge name for the article's sake) who are curious as to why this is, keep in mind that there
used to be only one badge for Doubles Nights. The only two reasons that badge
is still given out in addition to the actual Doubles Weekend badge is
because doubles ladder isn't usually crowded, and...well, badges can't
be deleted, so no point in neglecting it. Back on topic, if there seems to be a decline in attendance
as the weekend goes by, then I'll consider a second badge.
2. There will be ladder events every weekend, and they will alternate between singles and doubles.
This weekend (June 8 - 10) will be
Singles Weekend,
next weekend (June 15 - 17) will be
Doubles Weekend (
SUNDAY WILL GO FROM 12 AM TO 12 AM (24 HOURS) FOR FATHER'S DAY), and
all future weeks will switch in that fashion. Keep in mind that the
last weekend an event will take place
before the ladder ends is
July 27 - 29, which will be a
Doubles Weekend.
That's
about all you need to know when it comes to the schedule. I'll close
this article by listing all of the badges you can earn for these events:
Singles:
wifi warrior,
staff slayer, and
singles weekend warrior.
Doubles:
double dater,
doubles weekend warrior, and
double danger.
As always, if you qualify for any of these, let Enrish or I know. Happy laddering!